Sold2020An Akan Top of a Linguist StaffOberteil eines Sprecherstabes Akan, Ghana / Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 25 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Madeleine und Jean-Jacques Keller (bis 1980 Abidjan, danach Rheinfelden). ��See Sold Price
Sold2023Asante Gold Linguist Staff Finial (Okyeamepoma)West Africa, Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire, Akan peoples, Asante. Court linguist's staff finial circa mid to early 20th century. Sheets of gold leaf over wood of a seated chief or orator. The figure appearsSee Sold Price
Sold2023African Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, GhanaAfrican Ashanti Okyeamepoma Linguist Staff, Ghana. With stand. Carved wood and pigment. Two detachable figures atop a 2-piece rope-twist carved staff. Size: 56'' x 6'' x 3'' (142 x 15 x 8 cm). HeightSee Sold Price
Sold2021Asante (Ashanti) artist, OkyeamepomaAsante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) finial Ghana, early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf 15.5 h × 6.5 w × 6 d in (39 × 17 × 15 cm) with stand: 17 h &See Sold Price
Sold2022Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Asante linguist staff, frog & cobra finial (Ghana)Height: 59"Asante Linguist Staffs (source: metmuseum.org) Magnificent gold-covered staffs like this one are carried by high-ranking officials within tSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ashanti Linguists Staff Top with Leopard MotifA carved wooden scene featuring two men and a Leopard that once adorned a orator or Linguist's staff top. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The staff top measures 8.5 x 7.5 inches and has gold leaf / goSee Sold Price
Sold2017Group of Akan staff fragments. c.20th cen.A group of Akan staff fragments. c.20th century. ++ Akan staff fragments with gold leaf. Ghana, Asante. ++ Akan gold leaf staff fragment. Ghana, Asante. Inventory and Collection from the Estate of MerSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 140 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International duSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 162,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich (1985). - Nachlass Dr. Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), WSee Sold Price
Sold2021An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 164,5 cm. Provenienz: Deutsche Privatsammlung, Stuttgart. „Ein Sprecher macht des Häuptlings WortSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, mit Blattsilber überzogen. H 159 cm. Provenienz: - Sammlung eines Schweizer Botschafters in Ghana. - Schweizer PrivatsaSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Rare Ashanti Finial for Linguist StaffA carved wooden female effigy with stylized horns , hands outstretched and seated on a classic throne. Remnants of Gold Gilt. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The figure measures 9.5 inches tall. ProveSee Sold Price
Sold2019An Asante Linguist Staff, "okyeame poma"Sprecherstab, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Blattgold überzogen. H 25,5 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. Ausgestellt: Musée International duSee Sold Price
Sold2024An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Ohne Sockel / without base H 28,5 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Zürich. „Ein SprecherSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Asante Linguist Staff Finial, "okyeame poma"Oberteil eines Sprecherstabes, "okyeame poma" Asante, Ghana Mit Sockel / with base Holz, mit Goldfolie überzogen. H 41 cm. Provenienz: Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen. „Ein SprechSee Sold Price
2016Luba/Akan-speaking peoples, Ghana, Congo, anecdotalLuba/Akan-speaking peoples, Ghana, Congo, anecdotal scene, perhaps a staff-top, showing two opposing seated figures interacting, with tiny raised scarifications and other fine detailing, 8". ProvenancSee Sold Price
Sold2023An orator's staff with facing figuresAn orator's staff with facing figures, (together with bag of gold leaf), Ashante, Akan-speaking peoples, Ghana, 20th century Provenance: Collection of Vanna and N. Lee Lacy (Palm Springs, California).See Sold Price
Sold2017Ritual Scepter from the Ashanti , African ArtA carved wooden scepter or staff with rooster design and incised designs. Ashanti or Akan peoples, Ghana, AfricaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Asante (Ashanti) artist, Okyeamepoma (linguist staff)Asante (Ashanti) artist Okyeamepoma (linguist staff) early 20th centurycarved wood with gold leaf, metal 65 h × 10 w × 10 d in (165 × 25 × 25 cm) This workSee Sold Price
Sold2022African Ashanti's Orator's Staff, GhanaAfrican Ashanti's Orator's Staff, Ghana. 20th C. Rope-carved staff surmounted by a finial with bird and lion cub. Wood and pigment. On stand. Size: 63'' x 6'' x 9'' (160 x 15 x 23 cm). Property from tSee Sold Price
Sold2021Gold Covered Ashanti Linguist Staff Top of Boy & LionA carved wooden image of a Boy on top of a Lion, covered in Gold leaf and was once atop a wooden staff.The tradition of Linguist staff are used in a procession of chiefs arriving for a durbar (ceremonSee Sold Price
Sold2016Akan, Ghana, carved standing female figure depictedAkan, Ghana, carved standing female figure depicted with styled hair and delicate facial features, body nicely segmented, golden bown color, attractive, age uncertain, 20"l. Provenance: Retired SoutheSee Sold Price
Sold2017AKAN, GHANA, KENTE CLOTH. 4'7" X 7'4" (IMPERFECTIONS)AKAN, GHANA, KENTE CLOTH. 4'7" X 7'4" (IMPERFECTIONS)See Sold Price
Sold2019Rare Ashanti Gold Linguist Staff with Ram motifA Carved wooden staff top completely overlaid with Gold leaf. The staff top features a Ram motif on top, a symbol of Power and Might of the Chieftain, as well as two mask like faces, ancestral spiritsSee Sold Price
2 days LeftJay Anderson AuctionCirca 1870's Gas Table Lamp of Gentleman with sword holding staff. Has cut design 2 5/8" antique gas$325(3 bids)
May 16Freeman's | HindmanGiovanni Battista Franco (Italian, 1498-1561) Studies of a Man Leaning on a Staff and of a Grotesque$1,000
2 days LeftD.L. Straight AuctionsRARE MEDAL GIVEN TO GENERAL GEORGE MEADE'S GETTYSBURG STAFF$200(1 bid)
May 11Hess Fine AuctionsVictorian Odd Fellows Carved and Painted Wood Ceremonial Heart-in-Hand Warden’s Staff Circa 1890$20(2 bids)
6 days LeftHermann Historica GmbHSS Hauptsturmführer Dr. Med. Eberhard Klein - a 1935 Christmas Gift Memories Photo Album from Staff€1,000
May 19Rich Penn AuctionsAutomobile En-Ar-Co Motor Oil License Plate Topper, En-Ar-Co boy w/White Rose signboard, from The$50(1 bid)
May 19Rich Penn AuctionsAutomobile Drink Squeeze License Plate Topper, diecut metal w/great graphic, Near-Mint unused cond$50(1 bid)
May 19Rich Penn AuctionsBreweriana Old Crow Advertising (4), three shelf figures & bottle topper, VG cond, largest 13.5"H.$50(1 bid)